they built one stadium in Rio that i suppose could be refit for the Olympics, but for the World Cup they built twelve stadiums all over the country, and the other eleven are probably not gonna be all that useful.

yeah, it's why we might wind up getting the 2022 World Cup, if FIFA actually does pull it away from Qatar. there's more than enough college and NFL football stadiums that could handle the crowds and hoopla of World Cup soccer matches, and they're all conveniently not really being used in the summer.

So, Germany v. Argentina in the final this Saturday. I was expecting Netherlands to win, to be honest, but either way it's going to be a good game.

Might be settled in PKs, but a good game none the less._________________"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. Iíll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

wow - looks like the overtime must have been exciting. the guy who owns the cafe in the building is argentinian, i will have to go congratulate him on the win (everything i know about soccer i learned watching it on tv while i waited for my order)_________________aka: neverscared!
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it's interesting seeing the weird emotional gyrations that have resulted among Cleveland sports fans. like, LeBron was somewhere slightly beneath Art Modell in the Hierarchy of Cleveland Sports Villains, but then he came back, which means someone with enormous wealth and fame actually chose to go to Cleveland when he could have gone literally anywhere else.

yeah, it's why we might wind up getting the 2022 World Cup, if FIFA actually does pull it away from Qatar. there's more than enough college and NFL football stadiums that could handle the crowds and hoopla of World Cup soccer matches, and they're all conveniently not really being used in the summer.

City populations are about as ... enthusiastic on hosting the world cup as they are about hosting the olympics. Nobody wants them anymore, and nobody wants to get stuck paying the tab.

Brazil lost to Holland, which isn't exactly surprising. Brazil's defense has been a shambles, and the Netherlands has been playing really well.

I'm super excited for the final match tomorrow. Germany and Argentina have the #2 and #3 scorers, respectively, and each of them have multiple people up for the golden ball (MVP). The current Pope is Argentine, whereas the retired Pope is German... so hopefully that cancels out the God factor. However, Germany has scored more goals during regular play than any other team. I fully expect Germany to take it, but if it goes into PK then it's anyone's guess._________________"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. Iíll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

A 20 year old driver got spun out by Tony Stewart, was pissed as hell, jumped out on the track and was confronting/chickening Stewart as he made the next lap past him.

But he chickened way out past the middle of the track, and Stewart flat up and caught him in the drift. He was sucked up by a tire, and rolled so violently that I would be surprised if he wasn't instantaneously dead.

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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject:

From what I've heard, Stewart has a habit of 'buzzing' people on occasion.

I'm not going to link to the video, but you can find it easily. The driver walking on the track is dressed pretty much all in black, and the lighting is not very bright, so it couldn't have been easy to see him, but all the same Stewart's line on the track was much higher than the white car that passed the walking driver before him.